[Edinburgh-pm] Parameter passing, seeking an answer....

[Kevin White]

Hi Ian,

I don't know about compelling reason, I have a tendency to use the  
former just because it is clear what I am taking off. The only time I  
tend to use @_ is if I am using Params::Validate.

Kevin

On 6 Sep 2007, at 08:49, Ian Stuart wrote:

> When I first started coding, I'd pick up parameters in functions thus:
>
> sub myFunc {
>   my self = shift;
>   # stuff
> }
>
> I've noticed that people have moved to a new style:
>
> sub myFunc {
>    my ($self) = @_;
>    # stuff
> }
>
> Is there a good compelling reason for this (new to me) style?
>
> -- 
>
> Ian "Perl Laghu" Stuart.
>
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